Does anyone else have Zero self-control??

[sparrow-legs]

I know what I eat can affect my skin.

Whenever my face flares up a bit I freak out and start eating really well. By this I mean lots of fresh veg and salads, lots of chicken and oily fish, fewer carbs and no sugary treats or drinks. Then as soon as it improves a bit I feel happy and go back to eating chocolate, heavy carbs etc. even though time and time again I have seen my skin take a turn for the worse after eating junk. It's like I cant help myself... i think 'oh, i'm sure it'll be fine this time' and go for it.

I wonder what my face would be like if i could stick to being healthy all the time!

can anyone relate to this?

[pinkpunk]

Hi
Well I've got quite strange eating habits. I'll veer from eating extremely healthy to extreme junk and it seems to be a cyclical process with me.

I'll maybe start feeling kind of ill and lethargic so I'l decide to eat better..I'll do really well for a week or two, steamed veges, little to no sugar, brown rice etc etc and then for whatever reason I'll slip a little bit, like I'll start having coke or chocolate but still be reasonably healthy and then it seems to descend into me eating lots of takeaways, chocolate, processed food etc and hardly any vegetables or fruit, and then I'll start over again!

In reference to your question I have never noticed an obvious or distinct correlation between what I've been eating and my skin issues, although I have my suspicions about some things.

Part of it is not knowing whether the effect of eating a certain thing would show up in my face immediately, a few days later, or maybe even a week or two later.
Like sometimes when I'm eating really badly, like lots of cola and KFC etc, my skin seems to look really good, but I'm thinking it's because I was eating healthily previously,and my skin is reacting to that prior influx of nutrients and it's kind of coasting on that for a while..if that makes any sense at all!

[J-Mill]

I know what I eat can affect my skin.

Whenever my face flares up a bit I freak out and start eating really well. By this I mean lots of fresh veg and salads, lots of chicken and oily fish, fewer carbs and no sugary treats or drinks. Then as soon as it improves a bit I feel happy and go back to eating chocolate, heavy carbs etc. even though time and time again I have seen my skin take a turn for the worse after eating junk. It's like I cant help myself... i think 'oh, i'm sure it'll be fine this time' and go for it.

I wonder what my face would be like if i could stick to being healthy all the time!

can anyone relate to this?

My thing is spicy food. I love it but it is a guaranteed flare. I eat it anyway.

Instead of giving up what I love I just continue to find way to control the Rosacea. Its been an up and down battle, but progress has been made.

Alcohol is also a guaranteed flare and I gave up on it almost a year ago now. I really miss red wine but I don't crave it. I do crave great curries.

[phlika29]

Any long term vague aim is hard to maintain. We eat food for many reasons and being healthy is not always the strongest pull. I think if you become too restrictive then you are bound to get bored, I find it better to just find maybe slightly better bad stuff that still satisfy my need for sugar.

How about Monday-Friday you drink lots of water, eat fairly well and then during the weekend you allow yourself to eat more things that you want.

[chenoarae]

I find it just about near impossible to wait for my food to cool down before I eat it - a bigger problem at overheated restaurants than at home. Then I usually spend the latter half of the meal chewing on ice cubes til the check is paid

The ice chewing has in turn caused me to get teased a lot about sexual frustration lol

[phlika29]

Really I wouldn't necessarily associate the two things together. Probably just men and their wishful thinking.

[allibear]

No Sparrow it's very hard especially if you have a sweet tooth, and I have to be so strict about carbs to keep mine calm that I just can't do it anymore or I'll end up falling down the drain even though I am being sensible with them it is still not enough.

I get away with nothing, flammin stomach of mine.

[allibear]

We eat food for many reasons and being healthy is not always the strongest pull.

LOL That is a classic line

A bit like my sudden desire for deep fried chip shop fish and chips as it's a real winter warming comfort food and I am sick of stupid wee doctor's asking me if I am in pain when I eat fatty foods or do your stools stick to the toilet bowl when you eat fatty foods, when I am pain all the time and no they generally don't stick!. One thing I haven't eaten for years is fried up take away food but I'm dying to try just to see if it will make the gallbladder finally burst so that I can answer 'yes' to the only questions they ask that they see as being related symptoms.

[allibear]

Really I wouldn't necessarily associate the two things together.

You not seen the ice-cube scene in the film 91/2 Weeks with Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. Made the ice-cube foreplay thing infamous and the film.

[allibear]

The ice chewing has in turn caused me to get teased a lot about sexual frustration lol

Chenoarae if you are hoping that chewing teasingly on a load of ice cubes is going to drop a hint to the man sitting opposite to you, forget it. I've tried and the only thing they think the ice cubes are for is dropping into a large glass of Scotch.